ERIC Number: EJ1251632
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2020-Apr
Pages: 12
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ISSN: EISSN-1552-9045
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Significant Learning of Peer-Mentors within a Leadership Living-Learning Community: A Basic Qualitative Study
Dunn, Allison L.; Moore, Lori L.
Journal of Leadership Education, v19 n2 p64-75 Apr 2020
The purpose of this study was to explore and describe the learning experienced by second-year undergraduate students serving as peer mentors to first-year students within a leadership-themed living-learning community. A basic qualitative approach was used, with data collected from semi-structured interviews conducted with participants at the beginning and end of their year-term as peer mentors. The interview transcripts were coded using Fink's (2003) taxonomy of significant learning, where lasting change is a consequence of the learning. Five of the six categories of significant learning were evident, suggesting that the experience of being a peer mentor within a leadership-themed living-learning community creates lasting change within the peer mentors. Additionally, this study reinforces Fink's (2003) claim of the interactive rather than hierarchical nature of learning.
Descriptors: Peer Counseling, Peer Teaching, Leadership, Living Learning Centers, Undergraduate Students, College Freshmen, Mentors, Learning Processes, Program Effectiveness
Association of Leadership Educators. e-mail: Jole@aged.tamu.edu; Web site: http://leadershipeducators.org/page-1014283
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Texas
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